The theme of this meeting is to understand how ontology development
and application are being used to address problems in the UK. Amongst other areas of interest, there will be a particular focus on creating and using open data. The program and audience is intentionally very diverse; the aim is to cover areas from many disciplines. We are particularly interested in bringing together those creating and developing the technology with those using the technology in industry, government and public organisations.

The day is
split into three sessions; a morning of 5 minute 'headline talks'
from a wide range of areas followed by a short time for discussion after each talk, early afternoon 10 minute software and
technology demos, late afternoon 'birds of a feather' networking.

On the evening of the 10th we will be having an OntoHappening in the pub.

There will be no formal dinner for the meeting because we thought people going out in smaller, spontaneous groups would be more conducive to exciting discussions. You can use our pub and restuarant guide to find somewhere you'd like to go.

The Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications (CISA) is offering some sponsorship for student travel. There will be two awards of up to £ 200 each. If you are intested, please send a short paragraph about your research interests and why you think you would benefit from attending, together with a few words of support from your supervisor to f.j.mcneill@ed.ac.uk. Notes of interest should be submitted by March 27th; decisions will be made shortly after.